Quinn's POV:
I sit on the uncomfortable chair by my mates hospital bed, grasping her hand in mine tingles running up and down my body from our contact. The heart monitor beeped every three seconds up down up down.
Dilson came back to check on her every hour then left to check on his other patients, I watch for any movement, waiting for her to wake up.
A week later, I'm pacing back in forth wall to wall, if I could a hole would be in the ground where I walked. Movement caught my eye, I look at my mate and she was stirring before opening her beautiful eyes. She looked at me while searching the room as if she was scared, I walked towards her and grabbed her hand lightly "it's okay love, I'm here you're okay" I say to reassure her.
She grasped my hand tightly lightly shaking, while her other hand went to her neck, I lightly pulled it away and held it "don't love" I say giving her a small smile. She pointed to her neck and opened her mouth "don't try to speak, at least not out loud" I said tapping my head signaling to mind link. She nodded and pulled my hand into her lap, I space out and contact the doctor.
A few minutes later he comes in and bows "your awake Luna, do you mind if I check your bandages?" Dilson asked walking over to her side, she looked at him then at me, I nodded and she gave him a short nod. Dilson put on gloves and gently unwrapped the bandages from her neck, where the most damage took place. I growl under my breath at the sight of what a blood sucker did to my mate. The skin on her neck healed but was still red and raw, it looked as if someone bit off the skin of her neck "it's looking good, thankfully due to your wolf healing it healed nicely and fast, if you were a human you would be dead" dilson said rewrapping her neck with a new bandage, a growl emerged from my throat at the mention of my mate being dead.
He checked the wound on the base of her neck, my mark completely gone the skin, he checked the rest of her wounds and they were all healed, but the scars of her attack left behind on her skin like freckles.
Dilson took off his gloves and threw them in the Ben against the wall "so everything looks good you are free to go home but I will stop by over the next few days to check on your neck since I want to keep a eye on it, any questions?" He asked looking at us.
"Will she be able to speak again?" I asked
"With the damage done there is a slim chance that she will ever be able to speak again but time will tell, now eat soft foods for the next two weeks Luna" he said
Ashlee nodded as dilson excused himself leaving me and Ashlee alone, I mind linked Stella to bring clothes for Ashlee.
"Are you okay?" I asked once we were alone, Ashlee bursted into tears sobbing 'Quinn' she mind linked, then she tried to speak but moved for me to pick her up. That made me get on the bed and I hold her against my chest as she cried "it's okay love I'm here" I whispered in her ear over and over rocking her in my arms kissing the crown of her head every three minutes. There was a knock on the door and Stella walked into the room with a synthetic look on her face I thanked her as she sets the clothes on the end of the bed and leaves letting us have some privacy.
Once her tears dried, I sat her on the bed to help her change.
"Arms up" I say as I tug on her shirt, she put her arms up and I took the shirt off and dropped it on the bed. Slipping on her shirt then her pants, I pick her up in my arms, she wrapped her arms and legs around my body not wanting me to leave her. "We're going home, I won't leave you okay" I say holding her up and walk out of the hospital wing, the pack members stopped their conversations once we walked into the room and stared, Ashlee hid in my neck, I growled Letting the pack know to stop staring they look away quickly as I walked out of the door and down the steps of the porch and down the path to the cabin.
Ashlee stared at one part of the field with fear, I look in that direction and get the faint scent of blood. Walking quickly up the steps and into the house I try to set her on the couch but her grip tightened once again.
I sit on the couch lay her on my chest, pulling a blanket over us "do you want to talk about it?" I asked
She sighed 'no but I know I need too' .
"It's okay take your time" I say rubbing her hip with my thumb in circles.
'after you left for your meeting, I got up and went to get something to drink, I saw the vampire outside at the edge of the woods, but then he disappeared and then I went outside to see if he left. But then he was behind me, his hands around my body, he told me things' she linked clinching my shirt, my wolf growled wanting to tair the blood sucker to pieces.
"What kind of things?" I asked once I calmed myself down.
'he wanted my blood, the blood of the Luna' she bit her lip.
I growled as my chest rumbled angry "I will not let him touch you again" I say with anger in my voice. 'then he bit me and threw me to the ground as three vampires walked out of the woods, I was weak from him taking most of my blood so I couldn't fight them off, I tried to fight as they attacked me, tearing at my skin but I passed out due to blood loss, Hanna kept me alive long enough to be found' Ashlee trembled in my arms.
I pulled her closer to me trying not to scare her with my anger as my wolf pushed forward wanting to kill.
'but that wasn't the first time I met him' Ashlee mind linked looking nervous.
"What do you mean?" I asked trying to hold back my wolf. 'after they first came into the pack land wanting to get hunting privileges, when you told them no later on I found the elder vampire in the field when I went on my run, he told me about the blood of the past Luna's of this pack' she said hiding her face from me, I gently moved her face to look at me "why didn't you tell me this?" I asked almost angered but I kept it under control to not scare her.
'i was gonna tell you but I never found the time to bring it up' she said with tears in her eyes, I sighed.
"You told me now, but next time tell me immediately, understand?" I said with dominance, she nodded and played with my hair.